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I know it is the biggest frustration when you play poker. But how do you weapon yourself against players, mostly who are not a member from BRM who get their pw from those thief sites, who only go all in with every facecard in hand and 8 out of 10 times getting rewarded for the most stupid moves?
And on another note isnt it possible to work with another way te register for the BMR freerolls instead of pw (maybe a ticket system)?
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ticket system is very good.hope admin think about it. Difficult against crazy people who play for screwed up us, we never know their hand, just play as usual
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This question has been raised multiple times in the past, and one time admin here answered that they weren't that interested in trying to police the situation. Don't forget that this is a free site where you can get money to play, and free is good. "Enjoy the opportunities you get and leave it at that" has pretty much been their feedback, so don't waste too much time and energy on this topic.
Posted by mora19_66: I know it is the biggest frustration when you play poker. But how do you weapon yourself against players, mostly who are not a member from BRM who get their pw from those thief sites
What makes you think that BRM members are any better?
Don't get me wrong, I would also like the tournaments to be only available to BRM members, because it increases the value (less players for the same money). But few people play these tournaments for the money anyway, so you might also adopt a "the more the merrier" attitude...
It seems to me that the all-in frenzy is related to freerolls, not to password thieves.
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I don't see what the big problem is. If stupid players makes stupid moves, just play smart and it'll get you to the goal.
About the password sharing, of course it's not fair with BRM users, but like someone said, this site is free and you can't stop that. Even if BRM would make tournaments with tickets, people still can easily register here, so that wouldn't make big difference. Just a lot more work for the team.
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It's often correct to play the opposite of the way most players at your table are playing. Therefore if you are in an all in shove-fest free roll. The best way to combat that style is to wait for a hand, a real hand, and as Magatt says. Push & pray. They don't mind non members playing bc as I was at one time a pw thief as you call them. That's how I found this site. They don't want to police the free rolls bc they want to gain new membership from them. I found that if I literally played only Aces or Kings for the first few rounds I had no problems getting all-in, against worse hands. Your hand is not always gonna hold up, but you will learn a lot about how the players at your table play while you are sitting,folding, & waiting for your spot. hope this helps.
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it is very annoying playing so many non BRM members,I think that Dozn01 has a great idea on registration for freerolls,check out his thread...he made a freeroll exclusively for BRM members on pokerstars and has a good way of verifiying if you are a BRM member.
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The best way is to play verry tight in the first levels. After 30 minutes the ultradonks are out of the game or chipleader for a moment U can good play when the donks are out after this time.
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If you come up with a plan that BRM will buy in to you will be the first. Not poking at you or your thread, it's just been going on for a long time. I actually believe BRM gains some advertising in a way and some of the non-members become members. I know it's very frustrating when a 2,3 beats an AA, but this happens to all of us to. Good Luck!
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don't sweat it dude a freeroll is a freeroll- theoretically it is available for everyone who wants to play (registering for brm account is free don't forget), just that some dudes prefer to take part in the tourney what they think is the quicker way- getting the password from facebook or somewhere else- not a big problem imo
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Posted by marqis:
Posted by mora19_66: I know it is the biggest frustration when you play poker. But how do you weapon yourself against players, mostly who are not a member from BRM who get their pw from those thief sites
What makes you think that BRM members are any better?
Don't get me wrong, I would also like the tournaments to be only available to BRM members, because it increases the value (less players for the same money). But few people play these tournaments for the money anyway, so you might also adopt a "the more the merrier" attitude...
It seems to me that the all-in frenzy is related to freerolls, not to password thieves.
Why the thumbs down here guys?
I agree. I'm a BRM player and I throw all in all the time if I'm going to bother with a huge field low value freeroll. Why grind for hours to inevitably be put out? Triple up early then go for it.
The stratagey isn't unique to no BRM's it's definitely the nature of the freeroll, with nothing to lose it's like the play money tables.
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Posted by Arithmajik:
Posted by marqis:
Posted by mora19_66: I know it is the biggest frustration when you play poker. But how do you weapon yourself against players, mostly who are not a member from BRM who get their pw from those thief sites
What makes you think that BRM members are any better?
Don't get me wrong, I would also like the tournaments to be only available to BRM members, because it increases the value (less players for the same money). But few people play these tournaments for the money anyway, so you might also adopt a "the more the merrier" attitude...
It seems to me that the all-in frenzy is related to freerolls, not to password thieves.
Why the thumbs down here guys?
I agree. I'm a BRM player and I throw all in all the time if I'm going to bother with a huge field low value freeroll. Why grind for hours to inevitably be put out? Triple up early then go for it.
The stratagey isn't unique to no BRM's it's definitely the nature of the freeroll, with nothing to lose it's like the play money tables.
So why do you play the f-reeroll? I meant to say the real BRM members play not for the $25 dollar prizemoney from the f-reeroll but for the monthly leaderboard.
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The leaderboard is part and parcel with the freeroll. Against the huge fields the prize m,oney isn't worth a large invesetment (Which is why I don't play them, in answer to your question). I'm just saying if I did I'd play the same way. Go big or get out early and do something else.
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Posted by mora19_66:
Posted by Arithmajik:
Posted by marqis:
Posted by mora19_66: I know it is the biggest frustration when you play poker. But how do you weapon yourself against players, mostly who are not a member from BRM who get their pw from those thief sites
What makes you think that BRM members are any better?
Don't get me wrong, I would also like the tournaments to be only available to BRM members, because it increases the value (less players for the same money). But few people play these tournaments for the money anyway, so you might also adopt a "the more the merrier" attitude...
It seems to me that the all-in frenzy is related to freerolls, not to password thieves.
Why the thumbs down here guys?
I agree. I'm a BRM player and I throw all in all the time if I'm going to bother with a huge field low value freeroll. Why grind for hours to inevitably be put out? Triple up early then go for it.
The stratagey isn't unique to no BRM's it's definitely the nature of the freeroll, with nothing to lose it's like the play money tables.
So why do you play the f-reeroll? I meant to say the real BRM members play not for the $25 dollar prizemoney from the f-reeroll but for the monthly leaderboard.
Forgot to quote.
Edited by Arithmajik (03 February 2012 @ 21:21 GMT)
U can good play when the donks are out after this time.
